Help! Huge wax spillage on rented flat's carpet!
Help! Huge wax spillage on rented flat's carpet!
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Lil' Joe

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1,548 posts

204 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Oh my God, help! Missus and I are moving out of a flat this weekend and the silly bint has only gone and spilled, what looks to be, a pint's worth of candle wax on the carpet in the front room.

So, my question is; any idea's how to get it out?

louiebaby

10,695 posts

209 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Warm iron and greaseproof paper.

wink

gilla

19,741 posts

208 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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so you weren't there? who was she trying to pour the wax onto then?

Garlick

40,601 posts

258 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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He raises a good point.

Mobile Chicane

21,624 posts

230 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Buy a cheap rug and put that over it.

anonymous-user

72 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Sounds like a sex game gone wrong!

sneijder

5,221 posts

252 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Move the sofa.

HTH

Bill

56,277 posts

273 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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louiebaby said:
greaseproof paper.
Is greaseproof and won't absorb anything surely? Brown paper FTW*


For the wax..

MitchT

16,880 posts

227 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Lil' Joe said:
Oh my God, help! Missus and I are moving out of a flat this weekend and the silly bint has only gone and spilled, what looks to be, a pint's worth of candle wax on the carpet in the front room.
Congratulations! You just invented stain-proof carpet. Now, get it patented quick!!

st_files

5,439 posts

199 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Brown paper & an iron, works a treat - get as much off as you can with a blunt knife (dont cut the carpet obviously) can take a while and you'll need several sheets of brown paper

Lil' Joe

Original Poster:

1,548 posts

204 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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I came home and found the missus and neighbour's naked, covered in wax and praying to Shiva while sacrificing the dog frown

So, how do I do this greaseproof paper thing?

Edit; so what, put the paper on the stain and iron it?

Edited by Lil' Joe on Tuesday 16th March 17:13

Famous Graham

26,553 posts

243 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Lil' Joe said:
I came home and found the missus and neighbour's naked, covered in wax and praying to Shiva while sacrificing the dog frown

So, how do I do this greaseproof paper thing?

Edit; so what, put the paper on the stain and iron it?

Edited by Lil' Joe on Tuesday 16th March 17:13
Yep - not too hot though. It melts the wax, then the paper absorbs it.

st_files

5,439 posts

199 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Lil' Joe said:
I came home and found the missus and neighbour's naked, covered in wax and praying to Shiva while sacrificing the dog frown

So, how do I do this greaseproof paper thing?

Edit; so what, put the paper on the stain and iron it?

Edited by Lil' Joe on Tuesday 16th March 17:13
Its brown paper

put it on top of the stain, iron over it and you'll see the wax being absorbed into the paper - repeat until it stops/you cant see a stain

Nat_H

975 posts

236 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Live near the sea?

Wax remover should do the job?



Found here

Edited by Nat_H on Tuesday 16th March 17:16

freecar

4,249 posts

205 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Iron and brown paper.

OR

Kitchen roll!

I used kitchen roll when one of my teenage parties went awry and it worked a treat. Try to flex the wax as much as you can and scrape it off first. Then lay two sheets of kitchen roll on top of the wax and iron, remove and use fresh paper each time. The spot of wax will shrink with each ironing until it is gone!

fiveoclockhero1

672 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th March 2010
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Iron and blotting paper is best

deviant

4,316 posts

228 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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I read that a poultice of red wine, curry sauce and dog turd will lift ANY stain out of carpet. You really need to cover the area and the surrounding 2 feet to make sure you soak the stain up and really really work it in to the carpet. Let it set for a minimum of 24 hours and it should all just lift out in one go.

Wacky Racer

40,048 posts

265 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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Pour boiling water from a kettle carefully over the wax, and soak the melted liquid up with some old towels quickly before it solidifies......

Keap repeating till the wax has all gone

Dry carpet area with a hairdrier..........

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

216 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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leave it. seems like far to much effort

GilbertGrape

1,226 posts

208 months

Wednesday 17th March 2010
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